192.168.1.1 is the default IP address can be easily changed through a router panel, normally used by Linksys, Netgear, Westell and some other broadband routers. IP address 192.168.1.1 is part of factory settings, but it can be changed, depending on a user’s preferences. Not only broadband routers can use this IP address 192.168.1.1, Printer or other device can be set up to use 192.168.1.1 instead of a router.

One device in the network uses 192.168.1.1, but IP address 192.168.1.1 can also be used within some other network. IP address 192.168.1.1 is in the range between 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.255.255 which makes it a private address (A private IP address won’t make your device identifiable outside your own network, which makes it non-routable).

192.168.1.1 can also be used by more than one user that in different networks, unlike public IP addresses that every computer on the Internet has to have a unique IP. In a network every machine also has to have a unique IP address, and there can’t be two machines with the same IP in one network.

How to Connect Router through IP Address 192.168.1.1?

First, you shluld make sure that whether the default IP of your router is 192.168.l.l, so Find the “Start” -> “Run”, type cmd, and click “OK” to open a DOS command screen. Type “ipconfig” in the command prompt and hit “Enter”. Now you can find your router’s dedault IP Address. See the picture below, the IP address of Default gateway is your router’s default IP address. It displays 192.168.l.l, so your router’s default IP address is 192.168.1.1.

Then, Type http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar of the browser and Enter the username and password, generally the default username and password is admin.

If you login the router successfully, you’ll see this interface (linksys):

Cannot Connect The Router Using 192.168.1.1?

The connect may fail in these cases:

192.168.1.1 is not set up as the router’s default IP address.

The computer’s TCP/IP properties which used to configure the router settings are incorrect.

The router does not work and is unresponsive to the connections.

Windows and other firewalls both enabled.

The computer does not join the network.

The router used in the existing 192.168.l.l network segment is same as the router’s LAN network.

192.168.1.1 Login Password is Lost and How To Reset It?

You should reset the router in this case. Put a paperclip in the pinhole in the router and hold the reset button for 10 seconds, when you see the router lights off and brighten again, release the paperclip, router reset completed, now the username and password are restored to “admin”.